.Yusaku Maezawa, that appeared on ARTnews Top 200 Collectors checklist in 2014, posted a series of comments on the social media sites system X on Monday, relating to the closure of the Kawamura Remembrance DIC Museum of Fine art, revealing his desire as an art lover to avoid the stream of operate in the gallery's compilation overseas.
Last week, ARTnews' George Nelson mentioned that chemical firm DIC Company was actually reevaluating the future of Kawamura amid tension from activist capitalists. The Kawamura's collection boasts 754 arts pieces, 384 of which are actually possessed through DIC Corp. It includes seven of Mark Rothko's "Seagram Murals" and also operates by Cy Twombly, Pablo Picasso, Rembrandt, Claude Monet, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, and also Robert Ryman, among other notable musicians.
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In 2018, Maezawa obtained Hasegawa Tohaku's Urozu Byobu (Crows and also Herons) from the museum's compilation. In action to a fan that posted on X that he want to see the work one day, Maezawa answered, "The Hasegawa Tohaku Crows as well as Herons screen has actually been actually undergoing cleaning and also partial remediation help about three years, but it was actually carefully gone back to me the other day. This job is a crucial social property marked due to the nation, so I would love to make it achievable for everyone to see it somehow, and also I will certainly permit you know as soon as the particulars are actually determined." He proceeded, "Even so, I am sad that the DIC Kawamura Museum of Craft is actually momentarily shut. If there is just about anything I can possibly do, I wish to cooperate as a craft fan.".
The DIC Museum is slated to be momentarily closed in January 2025.
Additionally, observing this article, he certainly not merely shared disappointment that Barnett Newman's Anna's Illumination (1968 ), which was actually likewise in the museum's collection, had been actually offered and sent out overseas, naming it "incredibly regrettable." He likewise appealed, "Pertaining to the closing of the Kawamura Memorial DIC Gallery of Art, if the selection is actually to be marketed, I wish that they will definitely first come close to Japanese buyers to ensure that the various masterworks carry out certainly not leave Japan. I will be standing by.".
In his latest blog post, Maezawa also blogged about his sense of accountability as a collection agency, stating, "Eastern individuals require to defend Japan's traditional traits, whether it is actually the land, attributes, craft, or standard culture, as high as achievable. If our company market all of them off piece through part for short-term revenue, Japan will certainly no more be actually Japan. I need to make good enough to be capable to purchase as well as pass on the things that ought to be given to potential age groups.".
Furthermore, Maezawa is presently seeking 5 private assistants with X to handle cleansing of his residence as well as manor, as well as various other individual assistance roles. The duties include "laundry washing, cleansing, preparing food, providing food items at events, wine management, presence, document control, as well as visitor reservations," in addition to "looking after dogs as well as pussy-cats," however there is actually no reference of roles associated with his craft selection.